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September 26

Birth date of actress Marjorie Lord

While editing the Marjorie Lord, I encountered a discrepancy about her year of birth. The article originally had July 26, 1918, as her birth date in both the text and the infobox, but no citation was given for that date. In my research, I found her birth year as 1922 (no date listed) in The World Almanac Who's Who of Film and her birth date as July 16, 1922, in The Film Encyclopedia. I edited the article so that it shows the 1922 date (with citation) as an alternate date.

Do any of you who are reading this question know of a valid source that cites July 26, 1918, for her date of birth? Eddie Blick (talk) 16:17, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

The census records at ancestry.com are only available to paying members, so you'll have to take my word on this unless you can find it on a free site: The 1930 US census for Marjorie Wallenberg (parents George and Lillian, all living in San Francisco) indicates her age as 11, as of the date the census sheet was filled out, April 8, 1930. Hence, a birth year of either 1918 or 1919. The 1920 census sheet, filled out on January 2, 1920, gives her age as "1 and 5/12", which indicates a birth year of 1918 and a birth month of either July or August. The California Birth Index says July 26, 1918, mother's maiden name Edgar. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:56, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I will delete my references to 1922. I appreciate your help. Eddie Blick (talk) 20:08, 27 September 2015 (UTC)